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    Series

    Admiralty: Royal Marines Pay Office: Records

    These records of the Marine Pay Office and Accountant General's Department consist of:In-letters, 1690 to 1810. Out-Letters, 1778 to 1819. Accounts, 1695 to 1831. General and recruiting ledgers, general, divisonal and regimental accounts, half pay ca…

    Held by
    The National Archives, Kew
    Date
    1688-1862
    Reference
    ADM 96
  • Catalogue level
    Series

    Chancery and Supreme Court: Chancery Division: Directions

    These Direction Books provide an audit of the stages for settlements and directions by the Administrators of the estate or investment directions by Masters in Chancery pertaining to particular estates. Typically, they are arranged chronologically by …

    Held by
    The National Archives, Kew
    Date
    1841-1844
    Reference
    J 338
  • Catalogue level
    Series

    Prerogative Court of Canterbury and Court for Probate of Wills and Granting Administrations:...

    Depositions of witnesses in causes heard by the Prerogative Court of Canterbury or, during the Commonwealth period, the Court for Probate of Wills and Granting Administrations.The depositions were taken by officials at the Court's registry and were t…

    Held by
    The National Archives, Kew
    Date
    1657-1809
    Reference
    PROB 24
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    Series

    Foreign Office: Consulates, Siam: Letter Books

    This series contains letter books from the British consulates in Siam. The records cover the period 1876-1879, during the reign of King Chulalongkorn (Rama V).These letter books were produced by the staff of the permanent consulate in Bangkok. They c…

    Held by
    The National Archives, Kew
    Date
    1876-1879
    Reference
    FO 690
  • Catalogue level
    Series

    Foreign Office: Political Departments: General Correspondence from 1906-1966

    This series contains correspondence, etc., of the Foreign Office's Political Departments (including the War Department, 1914 to 1920, the Political Intelligence Department, 1918 to 1920, and the Political Intelligence Department, 1939-1946), and of c…

    Held by
    The National Archives, Kew
    Date
    1903-1966
    Reference
    FO 371
  • Catalogue level
    Series

    Prerogative Court of Canterbury: Bundles of Proxies

    Documents appointing proctors to act on behalf of persons with an interest in business in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury. The vast majority of them relate either to renunciations of their rights by executors and next of kin of intestates, or to …

    Held by
    The National Archives, Kew
    Date
    1674-1718
    Reference
    PROB 19
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    Series

    Board of Inland Revenue and predecessors: Estate Duty Office and predecessors: Registers...

    These registers of the Estate Duty Office were previously known for convenience as death duty registers, but relate to the payment of three different taxes: legacy duty, succession duty and estate duty. The information in the registers was supplement…

    Held by
    The National Archives, Kew
    Date
    1796-1903
    Reference
    IR 26
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    Series

    Local Government Board and predecessors: Correspondence with Poor Law Unions and...

    This series consists of correspondence of the Poor Law Commission, the Poor Law Board and the Local Government Board with Poor Law Unions and other Local Authorities. It covers the years 1834 to 1900. Poor law unions were collections or groups of par…

    Held by
    The National Archives, Kew
    Date
    1834-1900
    Reference
    MH 12
  • Catalogue level
    Series

    Prerogative Court of Canterbury: Files of Exhibits pre 1722

    This series consists largely of files of exhibits maintained by the Prerogative Court of Canterbury between 1666 and 1717, and before the establishment of the court's main series of exhibits in 1722. However there are also some other files containing…

    Held by
    The National Archives, Kew
    Date
    1658-1723
    Reference
    PROB 32
  • Catalogue level
    Department

    Records of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury

    Records of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury and related jurisdictions, including wills and other probate matters.

    Held by
    The National Archives, Kew
    Date
    1383-c1900
    Reference
    PROB
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    Series

    Prerogative Court of Canterbury: Answers

    Prerogative Court of Canterbury answers entered as the response made by the opposing party to the allegation of the plaintiff.

    Held by
    The National Archives, Kew
    Date
    1664-1854
    Reference
    PROB 25
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    Series

    Foreign Office: Shanghai Courts, China: Judges' and Magistrates' Notebooks

    This series contains the notebooks of judges and magistrates sitting in supreme, police, provincial and summary courts at Shanghai. Types of cases recorded in the notebooks include civil, criminal, divorce and intestate cases, inquests, bankruptcy an…

    Held by
    The National Archives, Kew
    Date
    1865-1941
    Reference
    FO 1092
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    Series

    Registrar of the High Court of Delegates and of the High Court of Admiralty: Cause...

    Mainly cause papers not filed in other High Court of Delegates series, but also a substantial number of records of the High Court of Admiralty, mainly from the mid seventeenth century, which may have been exhibited before the court. Miscellaneous mat…

    Held by
    The National Archives, Kew
    Date
    c1582-1834
    Reference
    DEL 2
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    Series

    HM Customs and Excise: Purchase of Land to Build Customs House, London

    This series contains records relating to the purchase of land to build Customs House, London. The records include mortgage and leasehold agreements, Land Tax receipts, copies of Last Will and Testaments, burial certificates, legal rulings on land own…

    Held by
    The National Archives, Kew
    Date
    1612-1953
    Reference
    CUST 210
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    Series

    Prerogative Court of Canterbury: Commission Books

    Commission books of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury used to document the issue of commissions and requisitions to swear executors and administrators.The two earliest books cover the period 1678 to 1701, and sometimes supply the date of death of t…

    Held by
    The National Archives, Kew
    Date
    1678-1857
    Reference
    PROB 17
  • Catalogue level
    Series

    Probate Search Website

    This series contains dated gathered versions (or 'snapshots') of the Probate Search website. [Please note: These records may be accessed via the UK Government Web Archive].

    Held by
    The National Archives, Kew
    Date
    From 2014
    Reference
    GUK 86
  • Catalogue level
    Series

    Prerogative Court of Canterbury: Bound Volumes of Depositions

    Bound volumes of depositions of witnesses in causes heard by the Prerogative Court of Canterbury for the period 1826-1858. In a few instances interrogatories, and exhibits annexed to interrogatories or cited in the depositions were bound up with the …

    Held by
    The National Archives, Kew
    Date
    1809-1858
    Reference
    PROB 26
  • Catalogue level
    Series

    Prerogative Court of Canterbury: Caveat Books

    Entry books of Caveats or warnings from the Prerogative Court of Canterbury made to prevent the issue of grants of probate and administration, and to initiate litigation.

    Held by
    The National Archives, Kew
    Date
    1666-1858
    Reference
    PROB 40
  • Catalogue level
    Series

    Prerogative Court of Canterbury: Administration Bonds before 1601

    Bonds from the Prerogative Court of Canterbury entered into by administrators and administrators with will annexed. They supply the place of residence of administrators and administrators with will annexed, and the names and places of residence of th…

    Held by
    The National Archives, Kew
    Date
    1541-1565
    Reference
    PROB 51
  • Catalogue level
    Series

    Prerogative Court of Canterbury: Accounts and Papers of Record Keepers and Other...

    Accounts and miscellaneous papers of Prerogative Court of Canterbury (PCC) officials; giving details of PCC staff, and the administrative mechanisms of the Court. Although most of the records appear to have belonged to the officials of the PCC, it is…

    Held by
    The National Archives, Kew
    Date
    1676-1857
    Reference
    PROB 57

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